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P. CROSLEY, JR.

CURTAIN LIGHTi APPLxcATloN FILED Nov. 7. 1918A 1,317,271. Patentedsept. 30, 19115.

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TOWEL CROSLEY, JR., 0F CINCINNATI, OI-IIO.

CURTAIN-LIGHT.

Application led November 7, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Powrfn CRosLnY, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Lights, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to curtains, and more especially to carriage and motor ve hicle back curtains which require some kind of aperture through which the occupant of the vehicle may look to the rear of the ve hicle.

The object of my invention is to provide such an aperture in such a curtain with a transparent closure which may be very readily placed therein and which, when in place, will effectively close the opening against the weather.

My invention consists in the new and improved article of manufacture and in the combination of parts andin the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear view of a part of the vehicle having a back curtain equipped with my invention;

Figi 2 is a similar view showing a modification of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the righthand side of one of the curtain openings and more clearly illustrating how my improved curtain-light is secured therein;

Fig. 4 is a partial front elevation of one of the curtain-lights ;A

Fig. 5 is a partial side elevation of the same; and

Fig. 6 is a partial rear elevation of the same.

As shown in Fig. 1, the back curtain 1 has the single aperture 2, which is considerably wider than lit is high and which has its top arched as is usual in the design of curtain-lights. Ordinarily, there is simply such an opening Q cut in the curtain and a sheet of suitable transparent material is permau nen-t'ly held' in place over the openingby stitching it to the curtain around the edges of the opening. Such material may be4 glass or Celluloid or other suitable transparent mate-rial. Usually :it is Celluloid or :flexible transparent material. 'which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919..

semi No. 261,510.

readily torn or broken; and when thus disrupted its renewal is frequently neglected because in order to replace the ordinary light in this way in a practical manner, it is necessary to bring the vehicle to a repair shop and remove the top and have the new light stitched in place by an experienced workman.

It is the object of my invention to provide alight that is readily placed4 or removed, either when the vehicle top is first made, or to replace a torn or. broken light with which the top has been provided in the ordinary manner.

With this object in view, I provide a sheet 3 of suitable flexible transparent material, preferably Celluloid, a little longer and a little wider than the opening 2 and of approximately the same shape. Preferably, the sheet 3 is of such greater length and width as to overlap the material of the back curtain 1 about oneehalf inch all around the aperture 2. This sheet 3 is provided with bindings 4 preferably on both of its sides entirely around it neXt to its edges. These bindings are preferably of leather or other durable flexible material such as various imitations of leather used in the manufacture of vehicle tops and curtains; and the bindings along anyl given edge placed on opposite sides of the sheet 3 are stitched together and to the sheet 3 by parallel seams 5 very close to respective edges of the bindings.

These bindings thus reinforce and protect the somewhat brittle sheet 3 at its edges so that the article thus made up may be readily stored and handled without liability of damage.

At each vertical side a little below its middle, the sheet 3 has the patches 6 preferably of material the same as or similar to' that of the binding 4; there being one of these patches on each side of the sheet 3 and the bindings 4 overlapping the patches at the respective sidesof the sheet and terminating and having their ends coming close together about midway of the height of the patch. Through these flanking patches 6 andl through the material of the sheet 3 between the'patches is cut a slit 7 running from the coinciding edges of the sheet 3 and patches 6 horizontally inwardly for about one-half the transverse length of the patch 6 where it preferably terminates in a small circular opening 8. These parts 45 and the. averlapping enel parte of the bind@ ings 4 on the opposite surfaces ofthe sheet 3 are stitched together through the sheet by suitable seams 9 running around Yclose to the edges of the patches and the seams 10 around close to the'inner terminations S of the slits 7. Preferably, these patches area" little over oneinch in width and height, and the slit 7 is about five-eighths ofan inch long; terminating a little past theV inner edge of the binding 4., Y Just Vabove the patch 6 the sheet 3 and its bindings have through them a perforation 11, and just below V.thepatch 6 th'eyhave a similar perforation 12. Near one corner of the sheet 3 and its bindings 4 are perforations 13Y through the sheet and bindings;

With the aperture 2 clear of any substantial obstruction, the curtain light thus made up of the sheet '3f and itsA bindings Vand patches `is inserted into the'aperture 2,.so that all of itsedge parts above the slits 7 lie against the surface of the back curtain V1 inside the vehicle; while the lateral edges of theaperture 2 are received in the slits 7 andthe part of the curtain-light below the slits 7 lies outside the curtain 1 with its edge parts against .the rear or outer surface of the back'curtain 1 around adjacent to the Y edge Vofthe aperture 2. Y j

The curtain-light being thus placed in position so that itsbound edge parts are adapted to iitsnugly around adjacent to the edges of the aperture 2 inside and outside above and below the slits 7, respectively, as just described, there are passed through the perforations 11, 12 and 13, suitable clencli butf tons 14 Yof any well-known kind. Such a button as is here shown comprises the round head 15 with thin pointed parallel shanks 16.

These have their shanks 16- passed inwardly through the 'perforations so thatthe heads 15 appear on the outside or rear of the back curtain; and the thin shanks 16 are pried` and clenched against the inner surfaces. Above the slits 7 the hea'ds 15 will come directlj7 against the surface of the curtain 1 and the clenching will be against the' edge bindings 4; of the curtain-light inside the A top; whiler below the'slits 7 the heads 15 will come against theedge bindings 4 and theclenching will be against the inner surface of the curtain 1.l One ofthese buttons Y v is shown unclenched in the lowerpart of Fig. 5; and their fastened condition isr indicated by the dottedlinesin Fig. V3. It will be understood Ythatany suitable fasteningv 'Y means maybe substituted for the buttons it is'wide. For these, I prefer to provide the:v

herein shown as examples.

There is no essential difference in the modification of Fig. 2. Here, the back cur-l tain 1 has threeapertures 2 in a row across it, each one beingconsiderably higher than three curtain-lights constructed according to my 1nventioneach made `up of the sheet 3 ofV suitable transparent Vmaterial with bindare designated by the saine numerals.

A. less expensive curtain-.light is produced according to my invention by omitting-the binding 4 above the slits 7 on onesurface ofV 'ing-s4 around their edges. The patches and Y Vother details being the same as 1n Fig. 1 they the .sheet and omitting the bindings below Y Y the slits 7' on the opposite surface of the sheet; the vcurtain-light thus Vconstructed beingV applied to the apertures so that the surspective surfaces" of thefback curtain. V1t

will be understood that-either the design' of Fig. 1 or that of Fig. 2, or any other` design that-may be encountered, maybe provided with curtain-lights either completely bound or partially bound, as just described.YV lThis partial binding, however, isY more appropriyate to the smaller lights as exemplified inV faces without bindings come against the re- Fig. 2; and the complete binding is pre- Y ferred where ample strength and durability With the upper part of the light inside the back curtain 1 and the lower part outside, the water or other `substance running down the outer surface of theY curtain 1 `readily passes on down over the'surface of the sheet 3 to its lowerV part lying outside the curtain, and from there passes readily` to the lower partrof the curtain below the sheet 3. On account of -this relation of the light tothe curtain surfaces,it is unnecessary to take any special precaution against the entrance of rain or other substances, and

the simple fastening by 'means of the buttons 14 or the like is adequate to effectively close the aperture for all purposes in any kind of weather.

Vhere the vehicle curtain has been in use and its lights have been torn or broken, my improved curtain-light is readily introduced by simply cutting away kthe'oldV transparent materialaround close to vthe edges ofthe aperture without disturbing the material outside the edges where it is stitched to the curtain. My improved curtain-light is then inserted into position, as hereinbeforeV de-V scribed, with' the upper Vpart inside and the lower part outsidethe curtain and the buttons 14 or other suitable fastening meansV atY its corners and adjacent to its slits as described. i

Certain variations arey suggested herein,

. and it will be understood that others may Vbe encountered in applying the invention to a fiexible element is to be provided with a transparent means for closing an aperture therein. Therefore, while certain constructional details are deemed preferable in connection with my invention, and I have Shown and described these rather specifically in elucidating the construction and use of my invention, as is required, I do not wish to be understood as being limited to such precise showing and description, but having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Copies of this patent may be obtained for As a new and improved article of manufacture, a curtain-light comprising a sheet of flexible transparent material having opposite slitted edges, a binding around the edges of said sheet, and patches stitched around the slits in said edges, thereby avoiding the necessity of stitching the curtain in applying said light, said binding and said patches being of flexible material.

POWEL CROSLEY, JR.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMsEY, CLARENCE PERDEW.

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